| Authorised form of name | Newcomb; Simon (1835 - 1909) |
| Dates | 1835 - 1909 |
| Place of birth | Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Date of birth | 12 March 1835 |
| Place of death | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Date of death | 11/07/1909 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
Harvard University
Career:
Resident, USA (1853); Professor of Mathematics, United States Navy (1861); in charge of the equatorial telescope, Washington University (1873); Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, John Hopkins University (1884); Rear-Admiral, by Act of Congress (1906); recieved a military funeral
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 13/12/1877 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1890 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DAB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1910-1911 vol 84 pp xxxii-xxxviii signed by P H C
References:
Sir Richard Woolley, 'Captain Cook and the Transit of Venus of 1769' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 19-32 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/44394072 |
| Code | NA6276 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1877/25 | Newcomb, Simon: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/4/830 | Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor Simon Newcomb | 6 November 1890 |
| NLB/4/931 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Simon Newcomb, Foreign Memeber of the Royal Society | 2 December 1890 |
| NLB/4/1095 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Simon Newcomb, Washington, Foreign Member of the Royal Society | 16 January 1891 |
| NLB/5/1113 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to [William Thomson] President of the Royal Society | 5 January 1892 |
| NLB/13/6 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr A M W Downing, Nautical Almanac Office, 3 Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn, W.C. | 28 May 1896 |
| NLB/17/146 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 27 July 1898 |
| NLB/17/248 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons, St Martin's Lane | 21 September 1898 |
| NLB/26/708 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Professor Simon Newcomb, Foreign Member of the Royal Society | 18 May 1903 |
| NLB/28/463 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Michael Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 March 1904 |
| NLB/30/666 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Simon Newcomb, Foreign Member, Royal Society | 3 May 1905 |
| NLB/32/214 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Simon Newcomb, Foreign Member of the Royal Society | 30 January 1906 |
| NLB/35/24 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Simon Newcomb | 4 April 1907 |
| NLB/36/725 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Simon Newcomb, Foreign Member of the Royal Society | 7 December 1907 |
| NLB/40/640 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 12 July 1909 |
| MS/928/2/123 | Letter from Simon Newcomb, 1620 P Street, Washington D.C., to Charles Vernon Boys | 12 January 1900 |
| MS/928/2/124 | Letter from Simon Newcomb, 1620 P Street, Washington D.C., to Charles Vernon Boys | 12 February 1900 |
| MC/11/159 | Letter from Simon Newcomb, Washington, to [Alexander William Williamson], Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 22 January 1878 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |
| MC/15/109 | Letter from Simon Newcomb, Washington, to the Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 18 November 1890 |
| MC/15/119 | Letter from Simon Newcomb, Nautical Almanac Office, Bureau of Equiptment, Navy Department, Washington, to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 19 December 1890 |
| MC/15 | Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1889-1892 |
| MC/20 | Volume 20 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1905 |
| MC/17 | Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1897-1899 |
| MC/20/241 | Letter from Simon Newcomb, 1620 P Street, Washington DC, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison | 12 May 1905 |
| NLB/30/779 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Simon Newcomb, Foreign Members, Royal Society | 23 May 1905 |